Names released in fatal U.S. 258 wreck

Published: Friday, February 28, 2014 at 07:12 AM.

According to the State Highway Patrol, Joseph Shipp, 27, was the man killed in a three-car crash on U.S. 258 Wednesday morning.

The collision occurred near Woodington Middle School around 8:40 a.m.

According to state troopers, a black car driven by Shipp, a Kinston resident, was traveling northbound when it hit a dump truck pulling a bulldozer. Grifton resident Ben McKeel, 38, was at the wheel of the dump truck.

“His vehicle cross the center line and struck the dump truck head-on,” Highway Patrol 1st Sgt. Robert Bowen said. “Those vehicles became entangled – the dump truck and Mr. Shipp’s vehicle became entangled together – they went back across the center line and as they were going off, the (pickup truck) struck.”

According to the State Highway Patrol, Joseph Shipp, 27, was the man killed in a three-car crash on U.S. 258 Wednesday morning.

The collision occurred near Woodington Middle School around 8:40 a.m.

According to state troopers, a black car driven by Shipp, a Kinston resident, was traveling northbound when it hit a dump truck pulling a bulldozer. Grifton resident Ben McKeel, 38, was at the wheel of the dump truck.

“His vehicle cross the center line and struck the dump truck head-on,” Highway Patrol 1st Sgt. Robert Bowen said. “Those vehicles became entangled – the dump truck and Mr. Shipp’s vehicle became entangled together – they went back across the center line and as they were going off, the (pickup truck) struck.”

Christopher Futrell, 20, of Pink Hill, was driving the pickup truck that got entangled in the wreck.

Shipp died at the scene, but Futrell and McKeel have since been treated and released for non-life threatening injuries.